apana
अपान apānaThe downward-moving vital air, one of the five pranas, governing exhalation and elimination. In yoga its union with the upward-moving prana at the navel is said to kindle the inner fire and rouse the kundalini.
Where this term appears
- Pranayama: Working with the Breath Yoga
Apana moves downward and governs elimination, seated at the anus.
- The Subtle Body: Nadis, Chakras, and Kundalini Yoga
Apana governs elimination, the downward and outward motion, what the body pushes away.
- What is Hatha Yoga? Yoga
…ergies in the body, the joining of the two breath-currents, prana and apana , that run in the side-channels ida and pingala.
- What is the Hanuman Chalisa? Worship
apana teja samharo apai, tinon loka hanka te kanpai — You alone can hold your own power; at your roar the three worlds tremble.
- The Rivers of Breath Treatise
Apana governs elimination and the downward movement, seated in the pelvis.
- The Aitareya Upanishad: the Self that entered through the skull Treatise
He got it" (1.3.10). The breath that pulls downward, apana , is what swallows.
- The Prashna Upanishad: six questions, one year of waiting Treatise
Then the physiology, the classic map of the five breaths: apana below, governing excretion and generation; prana itself in eye, ear, mouth and nose; samana "in the middle," distributing food "equally"; vyana mo…